Aaron Sorkin may not be on social media, but don’t think he’s not aware of the backlash against Nicole Kidman‘s casting as Lucille Ball in his new film “Being the Ricardos.” During a post-screening Q&a Wednesday in New York City with Kidman and his other stars J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda, Sorkin made his feelings about internet armchair casting experts very clear.
“There was this committee — I can’t remember what they were called, not the House on Un-American Activities Committee — but this association for American goodness or something,” Sorkin said. “But they were the ones who, if you wanted to hire J.K. Simmons on your show, they’d tell you if that was Ok. They’ve checked out J.K. and they haven’t found anything in his past that bothers them, yes, you can hire J.K. Simmons. That group today is Twitter.”
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“There was this committee — I can’t remember what they were called, not the House on Un-American Activities Committee — but this association for American goodness or something,” Sorkin said. “But they were the ones who, if you wanted to hire J.K. Simmons on your show, they’d tell you if that was Ok. They’ve checked out J.K. and they haven’t found anything in his past that bothers them, yes, you can hire J.K. Simmons. That group today is Twitter.”
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- 11/18/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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